Job Description
IT Solutions Principal Engineer
Job Location (Short):  Hyderabad, India
Workplace Type:  Hybrid
Business Unit:  MI
Req Id:  3188

Responsibilities

•    Install, configure, administer, and maintain enterprise Linux operating systems such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu, or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). 
•    Perform Linux server provisioning, configuration management, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management. 
•    Administer core Linux services including SSH, NFS, Samba, DNS, DHCP, FTP/SFTP, Apache, Nginx, and system logging. 
•    Manage user accounts, permissions, authentication, security policies, and privilege escalation using LDAP, Active Directory integration, and SSSD where applicable. 
•    Perform routine datacenter operations including server installation, hardware troubleshooting, firmware upgrades, and server health monitoring. 
•    Administer virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere (ESXi/vCenter) and Microsoft Hyper-V. 
•    Deploy, configure, and manage Linux workloads on Microsoft Azure, including Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Storage, Backup, and Azure monitoring services. 
•    Monitor infrastructure health, performance, and availability using tools such as SolarWinds, PRTG, or equivalent enterprise monitoring platforms. 
•    Configure and manage enterprise backup and recovery solutions, including Veeam Backup & Replication for Linux workloads. 
•    Manage storage environments including SAN, NAS, multipathing, LVM, filesystem administration, and storage capacity planning. 
•    Perform performance tuning, kernel parameter optimization, and system resource analysis. 
•    Troubleshoot Linux operating system, virtualization, storage, networking, and application-related issues. 
•    Implement security hardening in accordance with organizational standards and industry best practices. 
•    Ensure high availability, disaster recovery readiness, and business continuity through regular backup validation and recovery testing. 
•    Develop automation scripts using Bash, Python, or Ansible to improve operational efficiency. 
•    Maintain system documentation, standard operating procedures, and infrastructure inventories. 
•    Collaborate with Windows, Network, Security, Cloud, and Application teams to support enterprise infrastructure. 
•    Participate in on-call support and respond to production incidents as required.

Education / Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
•    Linux: RHEL, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu, SLES; Installation, Configuration, Troubleshooting, Hardening
•    Linux Administration: User/Group Management, XFS, EXT4, LVM, systemd, SELinux, SSH, NFS, Samba, LDAP, NIS
•    Performance: Kernel Tuning, Process/Service Monitoring, Log Analysis, journalctl, Performance Troubleshooting
•    Scripting & Automation: Bash, Basic Python, Ansible, Cron
•    Virtualization: VMware vSphere (ESXi, vCenter), HA, DRS, vMotion, Hyper-V
•    Azure: Linux VMs, VNet, Storage, Backup, Azure Monitor, Microsoft Entra ID
•    Storage & Backup: SAN/NAS, Multipathing, RAID, LVM, Veeam Backup & Replication, DR/Restore
•    Monitoring: SolarWinds, PRTG, Infrastructure Monitoring, Alert Management, Capacity Planning
•    Datacenter: Server Installation, Hardware Troubleshooting, BIOS/Firmware, Rack & Stack, Asset/Lifecycle Management
•    IT Operations: Incident, Change & Problem Management

About Hexagon

Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications. 
 
Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division helps clients design, construct, and operate more profitable, safe, and sustainable industrial facilities. We empower customers to unlock data, accelerate industrial project modernization and digital maturity, increase productivity, and move the sustainability needle. 
 
Our technologies help produce actionable insights that enable better decision-making and intelligence across the asset lifecycle of industrial projects, leading to improvements in safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity, which contribute to Economic and Environmental Sustainability. 
 
Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 25,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.4bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB. 

Why work for Hexagon?

At Hexagon, we don't just measure the world – we define its future.

 

As the global leader in measurement technologies, we provide the confidence that vital industries rely on to build, navigate, and innovate. 

 

From microns to Mars, our solutions drive productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability across aerospace, agriculture, automotive, construction, manufacturing, and mining.

 

Yet measurement is only the beginning. We bridge the physical and digital worlds with cutting-edge metrology, reality capture, and positioning solutions – making industries and cities safer, smarter, and more sustainable. Looking forward, we are striving to enable our customers to meet sustainability and demographic challenges – ultimately advancing them towards truly autonomous solutions.

 

Measurement is the foundation of progress. When it has to be right, it has to be Hexagon.

Divisions

Hexagon’s Autonomous Solutions Business Area specifically delivers mining, autonomy, and high-precision positioning solutions that enable autonomous operations. Our product portfolio empowers customers to operate with confidence in challenging environments.

 

Hexagon’s Geosystems Business Area specifically focuses on combining accurate measurement, positioning, and mapping technologies with industry-tailored workflows to help geodata-dependent industries capture, visualise, and analyse the physical world, turning data into actionable insights for better decision-making and improved efficiency.

 

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Business Area specifically focuses on manufacturing technology, providing design and engineering, production and quality solutions to help customers accelerate innovation and improve quality of life for all.

 

Hexagon’s Robotics Business Area specifically focuses on building autonomous humanoid robots, combining cutting-edge sensor and spatial intelligence technologies to help industry overcome labour shortages and achieve true autonomy.